Here’s a concept that’s one more variation on the theme of doing work against gravity to store potential energy from intermittent sources, to be delivered as needed. It employs automated cranes that pick up bricks and move them sideways, as …
Category: Energy Storage
Wind Energy with Compressed Air Energy Storage
Readers may recall discussion of an investment opportunity in the form of a project deploying wind energy integrated with compressed air energy storage (CAES); we’ve been working on it for some time now. Good news: a large investor group has …
Los Angeles Burb Says No to Natural Gas, Yes to Renewables and Energy Storage–Saves a Cool $125 Million
Southern California’s City of Glendale, just northeast of downtown Los Angeles, has scrapped plans for a $500 million 262 MW gas peaker plant in lieu of an array of clean energy alternatives that include battery energy storage that when implemented, this integrated …
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Compressed Air Energy Storage
It’s good to see that Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) is still in the news. Though it’s been around for decades, it hasn’t enjoyed successful commercialization, but perhaps that’s about to change.
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Gravity-Based Energy Storage
About a decade ago, a client hired me to evaluate a start-up in the energy storage field called Advance Rail Energy Storage (ARES). The concept is a variation on the theme of pumped hydro, which currently represents more than 95% …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Storing Solar Energy
Question: Everybody loves solar energy (and wind too), since it’s abundant, clean, and increasingly inexpensive. Yet, it’s not always available when the demand for power is greatest, which means that a lot of it cannot be used. What percentage is, …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: What Happens Upstairs
Question: The aircraft we come in contact with on a day-to-day basis flies in the troposphere, i.e., under about 50,000 feet. Are there aircraft that function in the layer above that, i.e., the stratosphere? If so, how are they powered and …
Concept in Energy Storage Features New Idea, Old Technology
Here’s a novel concept in energy storage: a wind turbine integrated with its own mass that can be moved against gravity to generate and store potential energy which is then converted via a generator to electricity when required. It’s akin …
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Energy Storage Making Progress
As a colleague of mine likes to say, “Even sushi has a better storage model than energy.”
How Feasible Is This Energy Storage Device?
Here’s a question for you mechanical engineering types out there: Can you please comment on this energy storage device? I saw this at a conference a few years ago, but forgot about it until just now.
